.NET includes support for the http:// and https:// URI schemes. Custom WebRequest descendants to handle other requests are registered with the RegisterPrefix method. The Create(String) method can be used to create a descendant of the WebRequest class for other schemes.

.NET includes support for the http:// and https:// URI schemes. Custom WebRequest descendants to handle other requests are registered with the RegisterPrefix method. The Create(Uri) method can be used to create a descendant of the WebRequest class for other schemes.